A clearinghouse of news and events about historic Route 66, the Mother Road.

The newly published “Exploring Route 66 in Chicagoland” by David G. Clark, aka the Windy City Road Warrior, is not just a guidebook of the Mother Road in Chicago, but a history primer of that great city. The book is…

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Ace Jackalope has had impeccable timing lately. First, the blogger encounters the Coleman Theatre Beautiful sign in Miami, Okla., shortly after it was refurbished and relighted. Now, he’s cruising Tulsa and finds an electrician doing maintenance on the historic neon…

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The Amarillo Globe-News ran into a group Tuesday that’s crossing the United States — much of it on Route 66 — on motor scooters. Top speeds of the contraptions are about 45 mph, so for obvious reasons the Wandering Wheels…

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Well, it looks like he’s going to make it. Dennis Kinch, the man who’s walking Route 66 for the National Pain Foundation, has made it through the intense heat of the Mojave Desert and now is in Barstow, Calif. He’s…

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I found this Associated Press article about Drew Knowles’ newly expanded, third-edition version of the “Route 66 Adventure Handbook.” I haven’t perused the new version, but I’ve read earlier editions of Knowles’ book. I recommend it highly, because it not…

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The Cibola County Beacon is reporting that eight of 10 motels in Grants, N.M., are full for the Fire & Ice Route 66 Bike Rally weekend on July 14-16. The local campgrounds have spaces. Better act fast if you want…